Defiant

Blurb: The Top Scholar Takes Over the Ancient Officialdom

Chi Ying transmigrates into a book and finds himself an intern in the ancient government's logistics department.

His colleagues make snide remarks, the dorm matron treats people according to their status, the manager orders him around, and the junior supervisor assigns him whatever tasks he pleases.

After he speaks honestly at work and offends the manager, he is retaliated against and thrown out of the dormitory, leaving him homeless.

When it's time for his probationary position to become permanent, his achievements are handed to the manager's nephew instead. The manager takes Chi Ying's nomination for promotion and steals the bright future that should have been his.

Just then, the System's golden finger arrives: [Host, please receive your letter of introduction from the Immortal Realm.]

Soon, even the government office's cleaning lady knows that the new kid has powerful connections.

The manager drops his usual petty act and puts on a fawning smile.

He used to have to stand during meetings. Now they ask him to sit in the seat of honor, complete with a wool cushion.

His supervisor asks solicitously, "Would you like to transfer to a different position?"

Facing this false kindness, Chi Ying sneers and refuses.

As a promising young man of the new world, his education far surpasses that of this ancient world. What's more, in his original world he was an undisputed top student and an intensely driven entrepreneur.

It's time to show off the top scholar's many talents!

In the end, Chi Ying becomes a god and surveys the Three Realms: "Why is invincibility so lonely?"

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There's a lowly servant in the government compound. Everyone says he must have grievously violated the laws of Heaven and offended some powerful figure, which is why he was demoted to serve in the mortal realm.

But after reading the story, Chi Ying knows that the boy will become the great villain of the future.

To know your enemy and yourself is to win every battle, so he takes on the task of bringing the boy his meals.

And so the little villain, who has only ever eaten scraps and cold leftovers, gets to taste a meat pie for the first time.

After Chi Ying has been bringing the little villain meals for a while, a venerable immortal opens the Judgment Mirror again to inspect the demon's latest dreams and assess the likelihood that he will turn evil.

But after watching for less than a few moments, the venerable one is so horrified that he flings the mirror away.

"Unbearable! Simply unbearable!"

Chi Ying (shou) x Xiang Yunling (gong)

Reader's Guide

1. The shou is a top scholar. In essence, he could turn his life around with or without a golden finger, but that doesn't stop more golden fingers from coming his way.

2. The blurb may seem a little frustrating, but open the story and watch the top scholar breeze through life with one advantage after another. The trash characters won't get much page time.

A short-to-medium-length story. The plot follows his steady promotions, rising salary, and constant good fortune, while the romance is about saving a villain from going dark.

Theme: None.